
Andrey Rublev aces Jiri Lehecka 4-6 7-6(1) 6-2 in the 2nd round in Belgrade on Thursday. Rublev will engage against Taro Daniel in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 7 minutes.
Rublev added to his prize money € 6,780 after conquering this match. He has won already € 16,160 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Russian will add € 11,725 to his earnings to get in total € 27,885 in total.
Highlights Andrey Rublev vs. Jiri Lehecka Serbia Open – Belgrade
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 104 points vs. the Czech’s 91.
Rublev
Rublev served very well to win 82% of the points (41/50) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (25/44) on his second serve. Andrey won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.
Lehecka
On the other side, Lehecka was struggling when converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Rublev and Lehecka is 1-0 for Andrey.
Draw and next match H2H: Andrey Rublev vs. Taro Daniel – stats
Rublev will play Daniel in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Andrey Rublev and Taro Daniel clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Daniel (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Daniel won 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in Seville Challenger back in 2016.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Lehecka grabbed in the 7th game (4-3) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
Jiri was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 7th (3-3 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Rublev wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-1 40-A).
They played 62 points. Jiri conquered the set after winning 6 points more than the Russian (34-28). The Czech surrendered 10 points on serve (24-10). In addition, on the other side, Andrey conceded 10 points on serve (18-10).
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. the Russian had no problems to win the tiebreak 7-1.
Tiebreak
Rublev won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (5-1), 7th (6-1) and 8th (7-1) point. On the other side, Jiri won a minibreak in the 4th (1-3) point.
The Russian won the tiebreak 7-1 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Lehecka wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).
They contested 84 points. Rublev conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Lehecka (45-39). Andrey surrendered 12 points on serve (29-12). on the other side of the net, Jiri conceded 16 points on serve (27-16).
Rublev took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Jiri Lehecka in the 1st game (1-0). Rublev managed to boost his lead after breaking the Czech in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
The Russian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 4th (3-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A). On the other side, the Czech wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (0-1 40-A).
They played 47 points. Andrey conquered the set after winning 17 more points than Lehecka (32-15). Andrey surrendered 6 points on serve (18-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Jiri conceded 14 points on serve (9-14).
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